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his talk of reform ating america's banks worries investors. >> we must have peace at any cost. war is not the only way forward. >> 7:00 a.m. in washington. china is rejecting a call from the u.s. secretary of state. following a threat from the search engine google. authorities are accusing mrs. clinton on what they are describing as information imperial ix. jo we look to the chinese authorities to conduct a thorough debut that led google to make its announcement countries that rtrict free access risk walling themselves off from the progress of the next century. >> we are seeing this warning from china like saying back off. the response from the chinese the roundless ack useation can harm the u.s. formulation. the u.s. is open here and it wants good formulation. expressing comments and support when it comes to attacks on china. certainlyly it was known but a very set piece. china was one of the few countries singled out for controlling information on the internet. china responding, trying to say back off and leave this round alone and not make this into a bigger thing than it is
his talk of reform ating america's banks worries investors. >> we must have peace at any cost. war is not the only way forward. >> 7:00 a.m. in washington. china is rejecting a call from the u.s. secretary of state. following a threat from the search engine google. authorities are accusing mrs. clinton on what they are describing as information imperial ix. jo we look to the chinese authorities to conduct a thorough debut that led google to make its announcement countries that...
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and you could argue america's a more aspirational society. there's content about the size of the bonuses, a lot of people look at wall street and say, well, i wish i was one of them rather than i hate them. >> okay, thank you very much for joining us. >> pleasure. >> we'd also like to know what you think of all of this. tonight's question -- should the united states government join others in imposing big taxes on bankers' bonuses in this country? you can give us your opinion by going to the "how you see it" section of our website at worldfocus.org. >>> finally tonight, a more hopeful note from the part of the world much better known for conflict and economic development. there is an ambitious $500 million plan to resettle tens of thousands of palestinians in what would be the west bank's first planned city. the project manager still need approval from israel for access roads, but they went ahead with the groundbreaking earlier this month anyway. increase friedson of the media line has that story. >> palestinians planting tree saplings in the
and you could argue america's a more aspirational society. there's content about the size of the bonuses, a lot of people look at wall street and say, well, i wish i was one of them rather than i hate them. >> okay, thank you very much for joining us. >> pleasure. >> we'd also like to know what you think of all of this. tonight's question -- should the united states government join others in imposing big taxes on bankers' bonuses in this country? you can give us your opinion...
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it is from this deck that america launched the first air strikes after 9/11. the battle now is a humanitarian one. already badly injured in the earthquake, this man has suffered a seizure. he is rushed away to the ship's hospital. since friday, the pilots of flown over 600 missions, getting the seriously injured out of haiti and taking in food, water, and medicine. it has not been easy. >> at first, we struggled with getting the quantity of food and water in. we also struggled with getting clear landing zones. there were a lot of people coming right to the helicopters. we got more security forces just to keep people back for their own safety. it also mixes easier -- it also makes it easier for us to land in those zones. >> this man receives urgent medical attention. this woman is one of two entities. the doctors could not save her foot. nearby, a young mother cradles her son born on a warship three days after his country lost everything. with a massive buildup of hardware and troops, 80 increasingly feels like a third front for the u.s. military -- haiti incre
it is from this deck that america launched the first air strikes after 9/11. the battle now is a humanitarian one. already badly injured in the earthquake, this man has suffered a seizure. he is rushed away to the ship's hospital. since friday, the pilots of flown over 600 missions, getting the seriously injured out of haiti and taking in food, water, and medicine. it has not been easy. >> at first, we struggled with getting the quantity of food and water in. we also struggled with...
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very warm welcome to "bbc world news," broadcast to our viewers on pbs in america, also around the globe. my name is mike embley. coming up later for you -- trying to sue the diplomatic -- trying to sue their diplomatic row with turkey. israel apologizes. and a tug of war over who should keep britain's biggest collection of anglo-saxon treasure. hello. you live in one of the poorest countries in the world, 80% of you are no more than $2 per day. you are recovering from three hurricanes and tropical storm. and now this. in haiti, the most powerful caribbean earthquake in 200 years has left it is feared tens of thousands dead and unknown numbers dropped. -- unknown numbers trapped. he is facing an unimaginable catastrophe. the densely populated capital is now in chaos. we have the report from the neighboring dominican republic it. >> already one of the poorest countries in the world, it was a disaster zone. and now says. -- and now this. >> an earthquake just happened and many people are walking in front of me. [unintelligible] that was a lady screaming. she was crying. >> the national pal
very warm welcome to "bbc world news," broadcast to our viewers on pbs in america, also around the globe. my name is mike embley. coming up later for you -- trying to sue the diplomatic -- trying to sue their diplomatic row with turkey. israel apologizes. and a tug of war over who should keep britain's biggest collection of anglo-saxon treasure. hello. you live in one of the poorest countries in the world, 80% of you are no more than $2 per day. you are recovering from three...
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the library o america and now i'm doing this thing with that book machine. the always with respect to... everything i've done has been developed and preserved back list. >> rose: here's what surprises me. how many books have you sflaed >> only three or four, ii/k thi. >> rose: why only three or four? >> because if you're in the publishing business as i was, you have to submerge your own ego to the work of other people, you don't want anything interfere with that. you v to forget that you have interests of your own and do everything for the writer. so it's only after i left the business that i was able to write it all. and this thing grew out... this little book here grew out of articles i wrote for the "times" magazine. >> rose: "ting, memoir" jason epstein. is it always good to be able to talk about somebody's passion. if you can tap into the passion of someone-- whether it's food or books or theater or some other aspect of what makes them get up everyday-- it's a great story. >> oh, ye. yeah. always. >> rose: and this is a great story. thank you. >> thank
the library o america and now i'm doing this thing with that book machine. the always with respect to... everything i've done has been developed and preserved back list. >> rose: here's what surprises me. how many books have you sflaed >> only three or four, ii/k thi. >> rose: why only three or four? >> because if you're in the publishing business as i was, you have to submerge your own ego to the work of other people, you don't want anything interfere with that. you v...
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the new security rules, but the president returned from his holiday knowing it is down to him to keep america safe, and he has work to do. first, mr. obama had a lengthy meeting with his top counterterrorism adviser, john brennan, leading the inquiry about how this airplane came so close to blowing up in the sky. the secretary of state will be one at the height meeting -- high-level meeting at the white house. >> we are looking to see if whether the procedures need to be changed, upgraded. we will be meeting with the president to go over our internal reviews and hear what others in our government also have concluded and to take whatever additional steps necessary. >> airline security has already been stepped up and more names added to washington's no flight list, and some have had their u.s. visas revoked. the intelligence failures may be more difficult. the british government confirmed and i-5 shared information to the cia about the alleged bomber a year ago. could the system has stopped him from getting on the plane? white house officials say the president will announce reforms of the watch
the new security rules, but the president returned from his holiday knowing it is down to him to keep america safe, and he has work to do. first, mr. obama had a lengthy meeting with his top counterterrorism adviser, john brennan, leading the inquiry about how this airplane came so close to blowing up in the sky. the secretary of state will be one at the height meeting -- high-level meeting at the white house. >> we are looking to see if whether the procedures need to be changed,...
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. >> rose: what's the status of our free press in america? thomas jefferson famously once said, as you know, "a choice between a government and a free press, i'd take the free press." >> right. the well, i think we spent a century, really, building up through constitutional law, through public policy, through the standards of journalism the best free press and independent press in the world and probably of all time. and i think the... i think it's still very vigorous and vibrant. it's obviously suffering financially enormously. and there's a contraction of news both at the local level and at the international level that's really concerning, but it's still, i think, the best in the world. the big question, i think, is given where we are in terms of globalization-- which is primarily an economic and business integration the world, how do we build a free press now on a global scale? we did hit in the last century on a national scale. now the problem is how do we do it on a global scale? and, of course, the google event today, the reports of goog
. >> rose: what's the status of our free press in america? thomas jefferson famously once said, as you know, "a choice between a government and a free press, i'd take the free press." >> right. the well, i think we spent a century, really, building up through constitutional law, through public policy, through the standards of journalism the best free press and independent press in the world and probably of all time. and i think the... i think it's still very vigorous and...
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i want to make sure we do not forget about satellite, because there are parts of america that did nothing but satellite. we need to look at what we can do to make that better for consumers who have that as their only option. >> your comments echo the comments made by the white house yesterday. the administration basically said that there is more need for competition. i would love to hear you talk more about what you see as competitiveness today, if there is not enough. how should the commission considered reconsider the fact that the biggest wireless players are the biggest distributor use of internet access? >> you can i have enough competition. at some point the markets can become saturated, but i do not think that is the case with broadbent. if you have a robust competitive marketplace, it obviates the need for regulation on so many different levels. if you have one player acting in an anti-competitive way, from the consumer's perspective, then presumably consumers would have more choices. there has been discussion of spectrum audits. that would be a great idea, as long as we understan
i want to make sure we do not forget about satellite, because there are parts of america that did nothing but satellite. we need to look at what we can do to make that better for consumers who have that as their only option. >> your comments echo the comments made by the white house yesterday. the administration basically said that there is more need for competition. i would love to hear you talk more about what you see as competitiveness today, if there is not enough. how should the...
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by then, america will see the same place leading the nation out of its decline. the industry is rebounding and new business is blossoming. of place applying the highest standards of conduct and accountability in its public arena. especial place called indiana to which the bright enterprising young creative are gravitating. it is not enough to stay off the reef. it is our duty and our golden opportunity to set ourselves and man the helmet away that separates indiana from a leaking fleet and carries the first and fastest into the sunnier season ahead. god bless this assembly and this great state. [applause] >> this joint session is adjourned. >> next week president obama delivers his first state of the union address to congress laying out his future for the country and its plan to deal with issues like unemployment, health care in iraq and afghanistan. the state of the union address next wednesday, january 27th at 9:00 eastern on c-span. >> now our discussion on google books and the book did it is asian program. we will hear from the manager of google books and med
by then, america will see the same place leading the nation out of its decline. the industry is rebounding and new business is blossoming. of place applying the highest standards of conduct and accountability in its public arena. especial place called indiana to which the bright enterprising young creative are gravitating. it is not enough to stay off the reef. it is our duty and our golden opportunity to set ourselves and man the helmet away that separates indiana from a leaking fleet and...
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and then i think it really speaks the fact that it can affect every aspect of life here in america or throughout the world. but you're absolutely right. there is that too, depending on what study what you become and 95% some kind of broadband penetration. people can argue to whether or not the speed are fast enough or big enough to accommodate the latest cutting-edge applications, the soft whir, to go through those pipes. 92% of the country is penetrated by cable plants, for instance. that can be upgraded to maybe 100 makes per second merely by adoption of the software. there is a lot more to it and technical issues associated with it. so we could get the country wired up to 100 makes or 92% of the country just through that. we want to see more competition. i think since i've come to the commission that really started to focus on the construction of new delivery platforms, via fiber co. asked for wireless and other technologies as well. and i think where there is the most promise right now is an wireless. wireless broadband is the fastest-growing segment of the broadband market. it's
and then i think it really speaks the fact that it can affect every aspect of life here in america or throughout the world. but you're absolutely right. there is that too, depending on what study what you become and 95% some kind of broadband penetration. people can argue to whether or not the speed are fast enough or big enough to accommodate the latest cutting-edge applications, the soft whir, to go through those pipes. 92% of the country is penetrated by cable plants, for instance. that can...
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of bank of america, which is a newshour underwriter. >> i want all of you and the american people to know that i fully understand and appreciate the gravity of the crisis that we are now just coming through. we are grateful for the courage shown by government leaders to take bold and unprecedented action to preserve the financial system. >> holman: but the executives also defended their firms' bonus and compensation practices, which have drawn the ire of president obama, members of congress, and the public. commissioner heather murren, a retired merrill lynch director, pressed goldman sachs chief executive lloyd blankfein on the issue. goldman is expected to award billions of dollars in bonuses next week. >> how can you reconcile these things, given what's going on in the country economically? and do you feel that your compensation adequately reflects your firm's behaviors, what the standards of the times are? >> if you look at the history of our compensation, the compensation always correlated with the results of the firm, as it did last year. >> holman: blankfein noted that he and
of bank of america, which is a newshour underwriter. >> i want all of you and the american people to know that i fully understand and appreciate the gravity of the crisis that we are now just coming through. we are grateful for the courage shown by government leaders to take bold and unprecedented action to preserve the financial system. >> holman: but the executives also defended their firms' bonus and compensation practices, which have drawn the ire of president obama, members of...
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i want to the make sure we don't forget about satellite because there are parts of america that just get nothing else but that. and it has limitations, satellite technology does, but we need to look at what we can do to make that better for consumers who are, have that as their only option as well. >> host: your comments actually echo some comments made by the white house and the obama administration yesterday in comments filed to the fcc through the department of justice as well as from the ntia in a letter where the administration basically said that there is more need for competition, and you're talking about competition. i would love to hear you talk a little bit more as what you see as the competitive landscape today if there's not enough, and your thoughts on wireless. you mentioned something that was very much stressed by the administration yesterday and how the commission should consider the fact that the biggest wireless players are also the biggest distributer of fixed wire internet access, at&t and verizon. >> guest: well, you can't have enough competition. at some point m
i want to the make sure we don't forget about satellite because there are parts of america that just get nothing else but that. and it has limitations, satellite technology does, but we need to look at what we can do to make that better for consumers who are, have that as their only option as well. >> host: your comments actually echo some comments made by the white house and the obama administration yesterday in comments filed to the fcc through the department of justice as well as from...
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our guest is larry cohen, president of the communication cans workers of america. this program was taped in december 2009. >> host: and this week on "the communicators" larry cohen who is the president of the communication workers of america. also here to join in the questioning, lynn stanton, senior editor with telecommunications reports. mr. cohen, if you could very briefly, give us a snapshot of the communication workers of america. >> guest: cwia, as we call it, is 700,000 women and men most of whom work in the communications field, could be broadcasting, could be journalism, could be the largest group works on networks. and we also have several hundred thousand retired members who remain active in many ways. so we're in every state, we're 10,000 in canada including the canadian broadcasting company. active members. interested in their world. >> host: what sort of organizations or what companies do they work for, do your members work for? >> about a thousand different companies, largest are companies like at&t and general electric and verizon and comcast and "t
our guest is larry cohen, president of the communication cans workers of america. this program was taped in december 2009. >> host: and this week on "the communicators" larry cohen who is the president of the communication workers of america. also here to join in the questioning, lynn stanton, senior editor with telecommunications reports. mr. cohen, if you could very briefly, give us a snapshot of the communication workers of america. >> guest: cwia, as we call it, is...
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our guest is larry cohen, president of the communication workers of america. lynn stanton is a senior editor with telecommunications reports. could you tell us what it is really? >> we have been publishing since 1934, everything that affects carriers. >> mr. cohen, you mentioned that you are concerned about the concentration of power and you have already raised red flags, from your perspective, on the comcast-nbc potential conflict. >> we are concerned about that language of putting contact -- content and that work together. -- content and network together. the ideal world would distinguish between content and the pipe. right now, there are huge differences in price points in terms of delivering content. right now, in terms of the cable companies, particularly comcast, who we have a lot of respect for, we would be very worried about what happens to content they do not own versus content they do on. our concern is what happens to the content with this merger, not so much just what happens to the jobs. if a higher and higher percentage of content is owned by a c
our guest is larry cohen, president of the communication workers of america. lynn stanton is a senior editor with telecommunications reports. could you tell us what it is really? >> we have been publishing since 1934, everything that affects carriers. >> mr. cohen, you mentioned that you are concerned about the concentration of power and you have already raised red flags, from your perspective, on the comcast-nbc potential conflict. >> we are concerned about that language of...
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our guest is larry cohen, president of the communication workers of america appeared this was taped in december 2009. >> host: in this week on "the communicators," larry cohen who is the president of the communication workers of america, also here to join in the question, lynn stand-in patella wit "communications reports." >> guest: most of whom work in the communications field. could be broadcasting, could be journalism, could be the largest group works on some networks. we also have several hundred thousand retired members who remain active in many ways. so we are in every state. we are 10,000 counting including the cato burke institute. active members. >> host: what sort of organizations or companies do they work for -- to the members work for? >> guest: about a thousand different countries like at&t and general a wreck and verizon, comcast, "the new york times" and many of the newspapers of the news agencies. post goes to when it comes to policy matters, mr. cohen, what are some of the major areas of concern that you concentrate on with cwa. >> host: the internet you trust. right n
our guest is larry cohen, president of the communication workers of america appeared this was taped in december 2009. >> host: in this week on "the communicators," larry cohen who is the president of the communication workers of america, also here to join in the question, lynn stand-in patella wit "communications reports." >> guest: most of whom work in the communications field. could be broadcasting, could be journalism, could be the largest group works on some...
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go beyond the velvet ropes of public tours of the white house, america's most famous home. and explore the history, art and architecture of the capitol. american icons, a three disk dvd set. it's $24.95 plus shipping and handling. one of the many items available at c-span.org/store. >> next, a conversation on corporate lobbying and government relations. we'll hear from a microsoft lobbyist at this hour and 20 minute event hosted by american university's public affairs and advocacy institute. >> oh, welcome back to the public affairs advocacy institute. i want to say members of this class are becoming famous on c-span. we're getting all kinds of emails about some of you but i won't tell you which ones. i'm getting some positive emails about the class and a lot of people are enjoying it. and i like that very much. it's sometimes hard for our speakers to do c-span 'cause they leave out all the good jokes. but with ed ingle, i don't think that's going to be a problem. he's always entertaining. >> i'm a big joke in and of itself. [laughter] >> he's always entertaining and wise.
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it has transformed itself as america america. i just wanted to ask how did that happen? we have lots of things but not time to get into many of them but the most significant for me was the powerful ties of the civil rights revolution. knocking down the walls of segregation and discrimination. smashing quotas. opening the doors of equal opportunity to blacks and jews and ultimately to women and to gays and to persons with disabilities. martin luther king jr. was not the first or the only hero but he gave voice to the profound yearnings in the heart of america. in my lifetime, no non-jewish leader with the possible exception of franklin roosevelt had the moral quality that martin luther king had with my jewish community. my personal experience was i was at a convention of rabbis, i'm not a rabbi. martin luther king sent a telegram to the convention "i need you tomorrow." in st. augustine, florida. we didn't even know where that was. we need you tomorrow. because we're challenging segregation in public facilities. 17 people were on a plane first thing in the morning. i was
it has transformed itself as america america. i just wanted to ask how did that happen? we have lots of things but not time to get into many of them but the most significant for me was the powerful ties of the civil rights revolution. knocking down the walls of segregation and discrimination. smashing quotas. opening the doors of equal opportunity to blacks and jews and ultimately to women and to gays and to persons with disabilities. martin luther king jr. was not the first or the only hero...
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in china, they're not interested in your father's column discover america political for freedom. there is 1.3 billion chinese that went through what they want and the lessons of their culture so, you young man sitting there, trying to bring the cold war phenomenon divided in groups, freedoms and restrictions, so on and so forth. it is 21st century. >> host: will get a response. thank you for the call. >> guest: the first thing to understand is that technically google was operating its own site within china. google.cn. cn is for china, the chinese national domain registry. the reason they chose to do that in 2006 was because the google.com website that most americans will go to what they want to search something was often been blocked or censored. so they went into china and they worked with the chinese government to establish the google.cn domain and they've been targeting and tailoring their content to the chinese market. and i think that they have become fairly successful at doing that, particularly within a coveted demographic elite that's got money to spend, that can respond
in china, they're not interested in your father's column discover america political for freedom. there is 1.3 billion chinese that went through what they want and the lessons of their culture so, you young man sitting there, trying to bring the cold war phenomenon divided in groups, freedoms and restrictions, so on and so forth. it is 21st century. >> host: will get a response. thank you for the call. >> guest: the first thing to understand is that technically google was operating...
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six unemployed people for every job opening in america right now. that means no matter how hard we pushed them, there may not be a job for them. businesses need to create those jobs. they did not see many sales, not a great future for the employee, and the employee needs to pay for their own way. you will not hire anyone who is going to cost more than they earn. there is much more that we can do in terms of job training, coaching, getting people off of unemployment benefits. right now people are on unemployment benefits for up to 99 weeks. that is unheard of. until there are actual jobs out there to get, it is hard to see what else we can do. we need to encourage businesses to create these jobs. host: president obama will be speaking in maryland today as he tours a labor-management apprentice facility. he will make remarks on clean energy. for the rest of 2010, give us the scope of the president's efforts in this job creation area? guest: de no politically this is one of the biggest issues they had. maybe terrorism could be bigger. foremost, the job
six unemployed people for every job opening in america right now. that means no matter how hard we pushed them, there may not be a job for them. businesses need to create those jobs. they did not see many sales, not a great future for the employee, and the employee needs to pay for their own way. you will not hire anyone who is going to cost more than they earn. there is much more that we can do in terms of job training, coaching, getting people off of unemployment benefits. right now people...
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major funding for the pbs newshour is provided by: pacific life bank of america >> chevron. this is the power of human energy. toyota. >> and by the bill and melinda gates foundation. dedicated to the idea that all people deserve the chance to live a healthy productive life. and with the ongoing support of these institutions and foundations. and... this program was made possible by the corporation for public broadcasting. and by contributions to your pbs station from viewers like you. thank you. >> lehrer: the exodus from haiti's shattered capital kept building today. aid officials reported 200,000 haitians have fled port-au- prince. the government talked of setting up vast new tent cities. and an 84-year-old woman was pulled alive from the rubble, after ten days. margaret warner talked earlier today with jay newton small of "time" magazine from port-au- prince. >> warner: jay newton small, thank you for joining us. we are hearing reports of tens of thousands, in fact hundreds of thousands of haitians fleeing the city. what have you seen? >> i have certainly seen that. the p
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where america stands on food safety. how do we stack up against other countries and how do we prevent the most vulnerable americans from becoming dangerously ill? >> it got worse and worse, and it felt like killer pain. >> glor: and dashboard distractions, will the next generation of in car gadgets lure drivers into taking their eyes off the road? captioning sponsored by cbs this is the "cbs evening news" with jeff glor. >> glor: good evening, the new year has been a cold year for most americans and this weekend is no exception. a deep-freeze is forecast to engulf virtually all of the continental united states overnight. the south is particularly ill prepared for such bone chilling weather. mark strassmann is in atlanta tonight. mark, good evening. >> reporter: good evening, jeff. it was 12 degrees outside here first thing this morning, but with the windchill it felt like one degree above zero, very unsouthern but remember every state but hawaii has been experiencing freezing temperatures, it is just that some people fee
where america stands on food safety. how do we stack up against other countries and how do we prevent the most vulnerable americans from becoming dangerously ill? >> it got worse and worse, and it felt like killer pain. >> glor: and dashboard distractions, will the next generation of in car gadgets lure drivers into taking their eyes off the road? captioning sponsored by cbs this is the "cbs evening news" with jeff glor. >> glor: good evening, the new year has been a...
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>> wages have not risen in america since 1972 so it's not just the last ten years. we've lost the last 40 years. what we need to do is get the economy going. and the way that we do that is cut spending. harding did it in the 20's. we haven't done it since. the increase government programs and continue to spend money on the war and spend money on the entitlement plans. these things draw money from the private sector into the public sector and year after year after year we see the public sector borrowing. we see people not getting real wage increases. that is what is going on. until people are willing to cut spending, cut entitlements and stop going to the war around the world, which is extremely, extremely expensive, we are not to fix this economy. there is no way, shape or form. we have jobs in government, and number of bureaucracies of the government, we have wasteful spending up in government and nobody is holding them accountable. somebody needs to stop the war. somebody needs to hold back the entitlement programs and somebody needs to give the money back to the
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i have rights to north america, primarily the great lakes. two things that i'm challenged by -- i'm having a very difficult time raising money. i'm not asking for a handout. all i'm asking is loan me the money; i'll account for it, every dollar, i'll pay it back. secondly -- and i'm willing to risk millions -- 99 percent of my net worth. the second seeing, and listened to this gentleman back here. i truly appreciate what he's going through. but in this instance, d inherited the patent from enron. now they are calling a a roil, but it is really a gate to keep people out. are there any programs? this company was identified. i want to bring this to the united states. this is not about money for me. this is about bringing jobs. he should have a right to work. >> let me respond. >> is there any federal program that can help me? i just want to borrow the money to create this factory and create these jobs. >> i do not know about the particular situation, so i will speak generally to it. if you want to get one of my team your card, they can follow up
i have rights to north america, primarily the great lakes. two things that i'm challenged by -- i'm having a very difficult time raising money. i'm not asking for a handout. all i'm asking is loan me the money; i'll account for it, every dollar, i'll pay it back. secondly -- and i'm willing to risk millions -- 99 percent of my net worth. the second seeing, and listened to this gentleman back here. i truly appreciate what he's going through. but in this instance, d inherited the patent from...
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we gave probably the largest single tax break in america. -- encourage home ownership. but i do not believe these banks were pressured into doing this. it was very much in their interest to the issue these high return mortgages, particularly, those institutions which felled in the back of their mind they were too big to fail and could take these high-level of risks without the chance that they would end up paying for it. at this point, the first day in one of the year-long series of hearings, i do not want to make any final conclusions. while government policy has been to encourage home ownership, and that is something that we will be looking at in february, but i think there are a lot of other factors beyond that that caused the crisis of the severity we are currently experiencing. host: jim from michigan. good morning. caller: i agree to these banks and ratings agencies are partially to blame. the previous caller mentioned the community reinvestment act. if you look at the he pollution -- evolution of that act under the bush administration, and then fannie and freddie
we gave probably the largest single tax break in america. -- encourage home ownership. but i do not believe these banks were pressured into doing this. it was very much in their interest to the issue these high return mortgages, particularly, those institutions which felled in the back of their mind they were too big to fail and could take these high-level of risks without the chance that they would end up paying for it. at this point, the first day in one of the year-long series of hearings, i...
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the united states of america will also force the partnerships that this undertaking demands. we'll partner with the haitian people, that includes the government of haiti, which needs our support, as they recover from the devastation of this earthquake. it also includes the manyç haitian americans who are determined to help their friends and family. and i have asked vice president biden to meet in south florida this weekend with members of the haitian american community and will responders who are mobilizing to help the haitian people. we will partnerçç with the un nations and its dedicated personnel and peacekeepers, especiallyç those from brazil o are already on the ground due to their outstanding peacekeeping efforts there. i want to say that our hearts go out to the united nations which has experienced one of the greatest losses in its history. we have no doubt that we can carry on the work that was done by so many of the u.n. effort that had been lost, and we see that theirç legacy is haiti's hope for the future. we will partner with other nations and organizati
the united states of america will also force the partnerships that this undertaking demands. we'll partner with the haitian people, that includes the government of haiti, which needs our support, as they recover from the devastation of this earthquake. it also includes the manyç haitian americans who are determined to help their friends and family. and i have asked vice president biden to meet in south florida this weekend with members of the haitian american community and will responders who...
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all the news in america is about what went wrong, you know? the old saw about bad news travels halfway around the world before good news gets its shoes on. almost nobody has any interest in saying let's broadcast good news all day. the good news is with respect to oil, last year for the first year in a long, long, long time, america actually increased its production of oil. we've been on this declining path. no more. last year we increased the production of oil. part of that comes from a formation in my part of the country called the bakken shale. it is unbelievably complicated what we have done but our country has learned -- and we are leaders in this technology -- to go sploi and get oil from formations that five, eight, ten years ago you couldn't get oil from. there's up to 4.3 billion barrels of oil in something called the bakken formation. 4.3 billion barrels of recoverable oil using today's technology. they go down two miles with the drilling rig, drill down two miles, do a big curve and then drill out two miles. with one rig, they're go
all the news in america is about what went wrong, you know? the old saw about bad news travels halfway around the world before good news gets its shoes on. almost nobody has any interest in saying let's broadcast good news all day. the good news is with respect to oil, last year for the first year in a long, long, long time, america actually increased its production of oil. we've been on this declining path. no more. last year we increased the production of oil. part of that comes from a...
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caller: good morning, america. i think we ought to be careful talking about spying and sentenced in china -- censorship in china. we have that in our own government. with aid of verizon and at&t, spying upon americans do to the patriot act, weirdly named, i think it is the most unpatriotic act ever passed. also the silencing of the press and our country on the war -- in our country on the war in iraq, millions of us out in the streets and our press was afraid to cover it. any criticism of our government at that time was totally silenced. also we should be careful of google's reputation. what took them so long? they have been going along. it because they got caught pirated books? host: marie, thank you for the call. she asks, what took them so long? guest: i think what took them so long as they had done a three- year experiment in china to decide whether they can make that market compatible with their company values. i think this was essentially the last straw for them when they realized the chinese government was n
caller: good morning, america. i think we ought to be careful talking about spying and sentenced in china -- censorship in china. we have that in our own government. with aid of verizon and at&t, spying upon americans do to the patriot act, weirdly named, i think it is the most unpatriotic act ever passed. also the silencing of the press and our country on the war -- in our country on the war in iraq, millions of us out in the streets and our press was afraid to cover it. any criticism of...
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three of the top eight places for jobs in america are in one state -- nebraska. they are platte county, madison county. there is more good news. the latest u.s. census bureau estimated that nebraska's population growth in 2009 compared to the national growth rate was our best performance in nearly 50 years. nebraska is and the move in typical nebraska fashion, making deliberate, discipline, steady, and responsible growth. however, the next 12 to 18 months will be a time of uncertainty for our economy. historical a as the national economy begins to recover, state tax revenues began to lag behind. to build on the progress of the past few years, it will be critical that we solve any additional revenue shortfalls by remaining committed to reducing spending, preventing any future tax increases is crucial to continuing nebraska's economic progress. tax increases are job killers, not job creators. whether it is a special session or a regular to -- regular legislative session, i will oppose any attempt to increase income or sales taxes on nebraskans. the second key eleme
three of the top eight places for jobs in america are in one state -- nebraska. they are platte county, madison county. there is more good news. the latest u.s. census bureau estimated that nebraska's population growth in 2009 compared to the national growth rate was our best performance in nearly 50 years. nebraska is and the move in typical nebraska fashion, making deliberate, discipline, steady, and responsible growth. however, the next 12 to 18 months will be a time of uncertainty for our...
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this was felt over towards cuba, virgin islands and even reports of northern portions of south america. this was a strong system. those aftershocks range from 5.9 to 5.1. 5.9 can do significant damage. when one comes in at 7.0, that's a big problem. here's the satellite imagery, dry conditions and high temperatures climbing into the lower 30s with low temperatures in the 20s. that's the good news. favorable weather over the next three days. back over to you. you really feel for the peechl people of haiti. >> absolutely, the dead of night there and obviously a difficult, difficult time. thank you so much. appreciate it. once again, we want to show you some of the latest pictures from rut gerz showing the scenes of destruction at port-au-prince hit by he a 7.0 earthquake rocking the city. associated press reporters and photographers on the scene describe the city as devastated. many major landmarks have been affect affected, but most importantly, of course, the people. some 2 million people living crammed into this city in shanty towns and the like struggling now in the night to survive.
this was felt over towards cuba, virgin islands and even reports of northern portions of south america. this was a strong system. those aftershocks range from 5.9 to 5.1. 5.9 can do significant damage. when one comes in at 7.0, that's a big problem. here's the satellite imagery, dry conditions and high temperatures climbing into the lower 30s with low temperatures in the 20s. that's the good news. favorable weather over the next three days. back over to you. you really feel for the peechl...
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it is a cross section of america. our opportunities as a party right now is to open our arms and welcome people who want to be part of what we think is a principled leadership that takes america and helps us build infrastructure and in power people and engage in a different way than what we see happening right now in washington. so i reached out my hand as the national chair and say we are fighting the same cause. we are fighting about the same principles of free markets, free enterprise, lower taxes, competitive marketplace where america stands strong with its head looking to the future and not trying to tell a tale to those who do not have our best interest in mind, and i think with that kind of a message following it up with action where we follow-through and act on those kind of things and make sure we control the spending in washington that we will work its influence and businesses and daily lives, then i think we will turn a very important corner. >> host: is that -- part me -- part of the national platform you
it is a cross section of america. our opportunities as a party right now is to open our arms and welcome people who want to be part of what we think is a principled leadership that takes america and helps us build infrastructure and in power people and engage in a different way than what we see happening right now in washington. so i reached out my hand as the national chair and say we are fighting the same cause. we are fighting about the same principles of free markets, free enterprise, lower...
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go beyond the velvet ropes of public tours of the white house, america's most famous home. and explore the history, art and architecture of the capitol. american icons, a three-disk dvd set. it's $24.95 plus shipping and handling. one of the many items available at c-span.org/store. prime minister gordon brown has been absent for the holiday break. he returns wednesday at 7:00 am eastern. we'll have that for you live right here on c-span2. 2009 marked the 20th year of televising the house of commons. up next, a look at the past two decades. this is about an hour, 15 minutes. >> on november 21st, 1989, the british house of commons opened its doors to television cameras and broadcast its proceedings. up next, we'll look at some of the debate from the day and hear how televising the house of commons made an impact on the public's view of the british parliament for 20 years. >> order. the question is, that all members who are returned for two or more places in any part of the united kingdom to make their election for which of the places they will serve within one week after it
go beyond the velvet ropes of public tours of the white house, america's most famous home. and explore the history, art and architecture of the capitol. american icons, a three-disk dvd set. it's $24.95 plus shipping and handling. one of the many items available at c-span.org/store. prime minister gordon brown has been absent for the holiday break. he returns wednesday at 7:00 am eastern. we'll have that for you live right here on c-span2. 2009 marked the 20th year of televising the house of...
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and it tanks not only for wall street but for the rest of america as well. i think that's very telling as to whether wherethis administration is going to bring us with wall street and well. >> woodruff: what do you think the tanking of the market represents? who do you think is talking? >> i think it's responding to what the administration is propose. the secretary said he wants stability, and youd i and youd p with a great question, saying the market looks for stability in the marketplace, and will this do this? and he missed the answer-- or he didn't give an answer. the market would want stability if they know what the game plan is, they know what the rules are today, and they can live with them and go forward. well, we saw the administration come out early on in this year, the spring or summer of this year, with their white paper saying this is what we want to do. i was at the white house, when they rolled it out. i got a copy of it, read through it. that was the entire game plan. we've been working on this from june, july, august, september, october, nov
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. >> reporter: so where does america stand? this month cbs news is taking stock, both of where we stand now and where we could stand in the future. for our part, sunday morning is going for a full culture shock, taking america's temperature in the arts, books, movies, all things creative which brings us to this morning's status report on american creativity. >> you've seen that great industrial revolution where people are inventing the telephone, the telegraph, the light bulb and everything else. you've seen the push that came because of the internet and the digital revolution. and now we're looking for what's going to be the evening inof the driver of a new creativity. >> reporter: the creative mind and more. where america stands starting this sunday morning. >> osgood: creativity takes many forms. there's a school of art that you could call beetle mania. january blackstone this morning meets its star practitioner. >> i was phobic of insects growing up. the first half of my life i could not stay far enough away from bugs. >> r
. >> reporter: so where does america stand? this month cbs news is taking stock, both of where we stand now and where we could stand in the future. for our part, sunday morning is going for a full culture shock, taking america's temperature in the arts, books, movies, all things creative which brings us to this morning's status report on american creativity. >> you've seen that great industrial revolution where people are inventing the telephone, the telegraph, the light bulb and...
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that is reforming health care and health insurance here in america. [applause] believe me, i know how big of a lift this has been. i see the polls. i get 40,000 letters every day and i read a stack of them each night. i catch the occasional blog post or cable clip that breathlessly declares what something means for a political party without talking much about what it means for a country. i know that the virtues of this legislation for americans with insurance and americans without it have been entirely obscured by fear and distraction. but i also know what happens once we get this done, once we sign this law -- sign this bill into law. the american people will suddenly learn that this bill does things they like and doesn't do things people have been trying to say it does. the worst fears will prove groundless and the american people's hope for a fair shake on their insurance company for quality, affordable health care they need will finally be realized. this year alone, this reform will bend some of the worst practices of the insurance industry foreve
that is reforming health care and health insurance here in america. [applause] believe me, i know how big of a lift this has been. i see the polls. i get 40,000 letters every day and i read a stack of them each night. i catch the occasional blog post or cable clip that breathlessly declares what something means for a political party without talking much about what it means for a country. i know that the virtues of this legislation for americans with insurance and americans without it have been...
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it will be a victory for the united states of america. let's work to change the political system, as imperfect as it is. i know people can feel down about the way things are going sometimes here in washington. i noticed something to give up on the political process but we put in tupper rules on laws and lobbying and tougher than any administration in history. is not enough but it is progress. progress is possible. don't give up on biodegrade don't give up on abacus a very delicate up on activism. there are too many needs to be met. too much work to be done. like dr. king said, we must accept finite disappointment but never lose infinite hope. let us broaden our coalition, building a confederation, not of liberals or conservatives, not red states or blue states, but of all americans who are hurting today. they are searching for a better tomorrow. the urgency of the our demands that we make common cause with all of america's workers, white, black, brown, all of whom are being hammered by this recession. all of whom are yearning for that. sp
it will be a victory for the united states of america. let's work to change the political system, as imperfect as it is. i know people can feel down about the way things are going sometimes here in washington. i noticed something to give up on the political process but we put in tupper rules on laws and lobbying and tougher than any administration in history. is not enough but it is progress. progress is possible. don't give up on biodegrade don't give up on abacus a very delicate up on...
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so president obama said america will do whatever it takes to defeat the terrorists. cnn senior white house correspondent ed henry is with the president in hawaii. ed, pretty tough words for mr. obama yesterday. >> that's right, brooke. he has been referring to the fact it has been wildly reported that before christmas there had been some air strikes against al qaeda targets in yemen. the u.s. has not claimed responsibility for the air strikes themselves but as the president made clear there and other officials have said, they're very supportive of what the yemeni government is doing their on the ground. in terms of retaliation and potential retaliation for the attempted terror attack on christmas day, the white house does not use the word retaliation. we talked to top aides, and they insist the president is not interested in quote/unquote retaliation for the attack. instead this is just sort of the ongoing effort to fight terrorists there in yemen and i think the fact that general david petraeus, the head of central command, is in yemen today as the president is maki
so president obama said america will do whatever it takes to defeat the terrorists. cnn senior white house correspondent ed henry is with the president in hawaii. ed, pretty tough words for mr. obama yesterday. >> that's right, brooke. he has been referring to the fact it has been wildly reported that before christmas there had been some air strikes against al qaeda targets in yemen. the u.s. has not claimed responsibility for the air strikes themselves but as the president made clear...
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and we need to protect america's waters. i can't believe i'm standing here in the year 2010 saying we need clean water. but that's precisely what i'm saying. because although we have made under the clean water act tremendous progress on point sources, on the contamination that comes out of pipes, we have to address nonpoint source contamination. what happens when it rains? when rainwater flows over our lawns and over our streets, over our parking lots? over our agricultural operations and over in our animal feeding operations and into the drain and into our surface water. sometimes it contaminates our water. and probably nowhere where it's available in the chesapeake bay and there's an executive order to hold us accountable to short term milestone to really improve the chesapeake bay. next, we'll focus on expanding our conversations on environmentalism and on environmental justice. i just left our department's martin luther king day ceremony. and it's always interesting to hear how all the issues that he fought for come down
and we need to protect america's waters. i can't believe i'm standing here in the year 2010 saying we need clean water. but that's precisely what i'm saying. because although we have made under the clean water act tremendous progress on point sources, on the contamination that comes out of pipes, we have to address nonpoint source contamination. what happens when it rains? when rainwater flows over our lawns and over our streets, over our parking lots? over our agricultural operations and over...
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do we currently have a ship atbuilding plan for the united states of america as you know it from the department of defense? >> there is a plan as delineated by the program and the president's budget. >> are you aware that the department of defense was supposed to give the united states congress that shipbuilding plan when they submitted the budget so we could make the same comparison's the admiral talked about were significant in knowing what the chinese had that we were supposed to have a law submitted at the time the budget was submitted? >> is not our intention to ignore any requirements. the question i would ask, mr secretary, if you could supply -- if that shipbuilding plant existed i would submit one law required we get a copy so we could make the same comparison. a congressional inquiry demanding we comply with the law. we still haven't had it. i would ask that you submit for the record the legal justification, refuse to give the united states congress their shipbuilding plan and if you want to submit for the record because i don't have time, how we can legitimately talk about
do we currently have a ship atbuilding plan for the united states of america as you know it from the department of defense? >> there is a plan as delineated by the program and the president's budget. >> are you aware that the department of defense was supposed to give the united states congress that shipbuilding plan when they submitted the budget so we could make the same comparison's the admiral talked about were significant in knowing what the chinese had that we were supposed to...
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only in america at it is a fantastic dream life that i have had in business. knock on wood, somewhere we have not had the kind of reputation the tax effect companies have had where integrity is the hallmark of the company. as we start to take on a new endeavor, there was a time we bought at&t broadband people said you are tripling in size in taking over for at&t, one of the great names, how can you presume to do better than they would do? we ran in the core business suit was easier to answer with certainty but in fairness and i think the conclusion ge came to that this is not a core business. maybe it was 10 years ago but today it is not part of the business is changing and it is a full-time endeavor. getting more deeply involved with cable, and new forms of electronic to distribution is the future of ribisi universal. -- nbc universal and they have competing attention for their funds. i give jeffrey immelt a lot of credits. it starts with the seller. they made a hard decision that maybe it seems easy now but i don't know, to change the direction of their comp
only in america at it is a fantastic dream life that i have had in business. knock on wood, somewhere we have not had the kind of reputation the tax effect companies have had where integrity is the hallmark of the company. as we start to take on a new endeavor, there was a time we bought at&t broadband people said you are tripling in size in taking over for at&t, one of the great names, how can you presume to do better than they would do? we ran in the core business suit was easier to...
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republicans have been doing for the past year or so it iis anything and everything that deals with america is wrong. they know the right way, the way it should have been done. there is never an american way of doing things coming from the republicans. if it is not done by republicans, then it is the wrong way. do you think it is fair, people like me, who are independent, and a vote for people who they believe are on both sides -- not one side -- looking at everything from an american view? guest: i think you are exactly right. that is the environment that many of us hoped for when it came to washington. that is what the president hoped for. there would be an american way, he was going to bring down the partisanship, and we began the year with a stimulus bill that must $787 billion which was passed with democratic votes. from my standpoint, rather than looking at the coalition's where there are democrats or republicans to support the stimulus plan, health care plan -- that really would enable us to move forward recognizing and that neither party is the repository for having the correct answ
republicans have been doing for the past year or so it iis anything and everything that deals with america is wrong. they know the right way, the way it should have been done. there is never an american way of doing things coming from the republicans. if it is not done by republicans, then it is the wrong way. do you think it is fair, people like me, who are independent, and a vote for people who they believe are on both sides -- not one side -- looking at everything from an american view?...
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to have america back to work. we are going to make sure, as we have done, that we are going to be having energy security. that is our national security and our economic security interest. and we have to work with the senate to pass legislation to effect that end. and, we are going to insure fiscal responsibility, as was done in the clinton administration. contrary to the observation of those who opposed his economic program. we need to return to fiscal responsibility. so, i say to you that the major objectives of the second session of the congress we will be pursuing is the completion of the agenda that was so folsom in addressing the problems america confronted in the last session and now, create those jobs come and bring fiscal responsibility and ensure our national security. i want to also say that the unity of our caucus which was reflected last year continues to exist, and in closing let me say one of the themes eric schmidt started with, president obama talked about and president clinton talked about is opti
to have america back to work. we are going to make sure, as we have done, that we are going to be having energy security. that is our national security and our economic security interest. and we have to work with the senate to pass legislation to effect that end. and, we are going to insure fiscal responsibility, as was done in the clinton administration. contrary to the observation of those who opposed his economic program. we need to return to fiscal responsibility. so, i say to you that the...
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here in the united states of america. the fact that some of these consequences don't show up for 10 or 15 or 20 years, should not make this any less of a crisis, although dr. palfrey just did a great job of what really happens in the unseen impacts of childhood obesity. the administration has already supported some major changes in policy to help reverse the growing trend of obesity. one of the most historic steps is the recovery act that the president signed almost a year ago, which is going to have a first time ever 650 million-dollar investment in prevention and wellness aimed at obesity and smoking cessation. community projects across this country will be experimenting with what really it takes to make some changes. and the surgeon general has already recognized that there are a range of factors influencing obesity. what we've already done with those grants is begin to allocate them to states, but also to ask communities to come up with creative strategies. and some of the ideas are really encouraging. in fact, we are
here in the united states of america. the fact that some of these consequences don't show up for 10 or 15 or 20 years, should not make this any less of a crisis, although dr. palfrey just did a great job of what really happens in the unseen impacts of childhood obesity. the administration has already supported some major changes in policy to help reverse the growing trend of obesity. one of the most historic steps is the recovery act that the president signed almost a year ago, which is going...